[smokingfrog]

You see photos of the B17 waist gunners where there appears to be a fair amount of room to move around, but it’s a lot less than you would assume.

http://legendsintheirowntime.com/B17/B17_waistguns.html

[W.]

Yeah, there’s not a lot of room in there. I’m 6-2, so maybe a tad taller than the guys in the pics. I read it was -50° F at combat altitude, I walked a half-mile for ciggies once in that wind chill temp, but had big layers on. At least I didn’t die.